Organisations all over Scotland are currently planning Homecoming activity and invite you to join the celebrations. From Orkney to Aberdeen, from Oban to the Scottish Borders, there will be a packed calendar of events and activities to choose from. Over 100 events have been announced to date and they are listed below.

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JANUARY 2009
Jan 24 - 25: Burns 250th Anniversary Weekend, across Scotland
Jan 24 - Feb 1: Celtic Connections Homecoming Celebrations, Glasgow, more info
Jan 25: Burns Light, Dumfries, more info
Jan: World Burns Night, Edinburgh, more info

FEBRUARY 2009
Feb - April: Scottish Tides-Polish Spring, Perth, more info

MARCH 2009
Mar 6 - 14: Aye Write! The Bank of Scotland Book Festival, Glasgow, more info
Mar 6-May 23: Scots Music Abroad, Edinburgh, more info 
Mar 12-29: Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Glasgow, more info
Mar 18-22: StAnza: Scotland's Poetry Festival, St Andrews, more info
Mar 29: Mauchline Plough Match, Mauchline, more info

APRIL 2009
April - Jun: Homecoming - The John Muir Odyssey, throughout East Lothian, more info
April - Jun: Etape Caledonia, throughout Perth & Kinross, more info
April 6-18: Edinburgh International Science Festival, Edinburgh, more info
April 24-27: REME Association Reunion Scotland 2009, Ayr

MAY 2009
May 1 - 4: Scottish Mining Mayfest, across Midlothian, more info
May 1 - 31: Whisky Month, across Scotland
May 1 - 10: Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, across Speyside, more info
May 9 -10: Culloden - From Battle to Exile, Inverness, more info
May 12 - June 1: Festival of the Bicycle & World Mountain Bike Conference, Dumfries, more info
May 13 - 17: Word 09 - University of Aberdeen Writers Festival, Aberdeen, more info 
May 16 - 24: Burns an' a' That! 2009, across Ayrshire, more info
May 17 - 23: Cape Wrath Challenge, Durness, Sutherland, more info 
May 20 - 23: Loch Lomond Quilt Show, Loch Lomond and Dumbarton, more info
May 23 - 24: 2009 Heineken Cup Final, Edinburgh, more info 
May 23 - 24: Party at the Palace 1503, Linlithgow,  more info
May 30 - 31: Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens, Edinburgh, more info 
May: Mauchline Holy Fair*, Mauchline, more info 
May - Sept: Return to the Ridings, Across Scottish Borders, more info

JUNE 2009
Jun 14 - 16: Forbes CEO Conference, Gleneagles, Perthshire, more info 
Jun 14 - 21: The Crossing, Caledonian Canal, Highlands 
Jun 20 - 21: The Outsider, Aviemore, more info 
Jun 25 - 28: Royal Highland Show, Ingliston, Edinburgh, more info 
Jun 17 - 28: Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, more info 
Jun 19 - 21: Family History Conference, Stirling, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Jun - Nov: Meet your Ancestors in Clackmannanshire, Across Clackmannanshire
June: World Fly Fishing Championships, across Stirlingshire & Perthshire, more info

JULY 2009
July 2 - 5: The Scottish Traditional Boat Festival, Portsoy and Banff
July 11 - 25: Classic Malts Cruise, Oban, Skye and Islay, more info  
July 16 - 19: The Open Championship, Turnberry, more info 
July 17 - Aug 16: Art on the Map 2009,  Western Isles, more info 
July 17 - 23: The Hidden Jewel, Dunollie, Oban
July 18 - Aug 3: North East Clan Fortnight, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, more info
July 18 - 19: Inverness Highland Games, Inverness
July 21 - 24: International Genealogy Festival & Conference, University of Strathclyde, more info
July 24 - 25: The Wickerman Festival, Dumfries & Galloway, more info  
July 24 - 26: Mauchline Homecoming Marquee, Mauchline, more info  
July 25 - 26: The Gathering 2009, Edinburgh, more info
July 31 - Aug 3: Guildtown Bluegrass Music Festival 2009, Perthshire, more info
July / August: International Youth Curling Camp, Dumfries, more info

AUGUST 2009
August:  Johnnie Walker Championship Gleneagles, Perthshire, more info 
Aug 3 - 9:  Creative Connections, Shetland
Aug 7 - 8:  Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Beauly, more info
Aug 7 - 8:  Tattoo Hebrides 2009 (Tatu Innse Gall), Stornoway, more info
Aug 7 - 9:  Ayr Flower Show, South Ayrshire, more info
Aug 14 - Sep 6:  Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh, more info
Aug 7 - 30:  Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh, more info
Aug 10 - 16:  Piping Live! Music of the Clans, Glasgow, more info
Aug 15 - 31:  Scotland: Culture and Identity, Edinburgh, more info
Aug 15:  The World Pipe Band Championships, Glasgow, more info
Aug 28 - 30: Connect, Inveraray, more info
Aug 29 - All Sep:  St Kilda Day: Latha Hiort, Across Scotland
Aug 29:  Cowal Gathering, Argyll and Bute, more info
Late Aug:  Kirkintilloch Canal Festival, Kirkintilloch

SEPTEMBER 2009
Sept:  Doors open Days, across Scotland, more info
Sept:  Tam O' Shanter 2009, across Scotland, more info
Sept 4 - 6:  Brass in the Park Festival, Midlothian, more info
Sept 4 - 6:  International Youth Tattoo, Perth, more info 
Sept 4 - 12:  Blas Festival - Celebrating the Highlands, across the Highlands, more info
Sept 5:  For A' That, Orkney
Sept 5 - 12:  In the Footsteps of the Reivers Festival, Scottish Borders, more info
Sept 19 - 27:  Angus & Dundee Roots Festival, Angus & Dundee, more info  
Sept 10 - 12:  Conference on Emigration from the Outer Hebrides, across Isle of Harris, more info
Sept 18 - 20:  Isle of Barra Whisky Galore Festival, Isle of Barra
Sept 24 - 27:  Clan Scott Society Gathering 2009, Scottish Borders, more info
Sept 25 - Oct 4:  The Stenaline Wigtown Book Festival, Wigtown, more info  

OCTOBER 2009
Oct:  Moray Birthplace of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Moray 
Oct 4:  Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running, Loch Ness, more info 
Oct 9 - 17:  The Royal National Mod, Oban, more info
Oct 15 - 31:  Glasgow: The Beautiful Journey, Glasgow, more info
Oct 15 - 31:  Highland Homecoming - Ur Beatha Dhan Duthaich!, across the Highlands
Oct 23 - Nov 1:  Perthshire Amber - The Dougie MacLean Festival 2009, Perthshire, more info 
Oct 30 - Nov 6:  Whisky Week, across Scotland, more info

NOVEMBER 2009
Nov:  Sound: North East Scotland's Festival of New Music, North East of Scotland, more info
Nov 23 - 30:  St Andrews Festival 2009 - Scotland's Celebration, St Andrews, more info
Nov 28:  Scots Trad Music Awards, Dumfries, more info 
Nov 28:  Illuminated Art Car Parade, Edinburgh, more info 
Nov 28:  Homecoming Scotland's Finale Weekend, across Scotland

Throughout 2009
Jan - Nov:  National Burns Collection Touring Exhibition Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen
Dumfries
Jan - Nov:  Famous Scots, Edinburgh, more info
Jan - Nov:  This Is Who We Are, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dumfries, more info
Jan - Nov:  Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, more info
Jan - Nov:  Scotland: A Changing Nation, Edinburgh, more info
Jan - Nov:  North Carrick Burns Celebrations, Maybole, South Ayrshire, more info
Feb - May:  Creative Burns, Kilmarnock, more info  
Mar - Nov:  Traditional Music Sessions, across Scotland
May - Sept:  Scottish Games Association, across Scotland
May - Sept:  Inspired, Glasgow, more info
May - Sept:  Ayrshire Innovators, Kilmarnock
May - Nov:  Mackintosh 100, Glasgow
Jun 1 - Aug 31:  A Whole In One Golf Exhibition, Ayr, more info  
Jun 26 - Oct 10:  A New Life Abroad - The Scottish Diaspora, Edinburgh, more info

* Exact date to be confirmed